Table 5

Other signs considered indicative of danger by pregnant women

Other signs considered suggestive of danger
N = 418

n
%

Abdominal pain
181
43.3
Fever/malaria
54
12.9
Backache/waist pain/pain
31
7.4
Illness (unspecified)
25
6.0
Vomiting
12
2.9
Chest pain
11
2.6
Early labour
11
2.6
Drainage of liquor
9
2.2
Labour
8
1.9
Poor appetite
4
1.0
Cough
3
0.7
Asthma/diabetes
1
0.2

Anya et al. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008 8:9   doi:10.1186/1471-2393-8-9